Paul Platero
Paul Platero is a Navajo linguist. He was a student of the late MIT linguistics professor Ken Hale. Platero earned his Ph.D. in linguistics from MIT, with a dissertation on the relative clause in Navajo.[1]
He has published articles about the syntax and grammar of Navajo, and co-edited an overview of the Athabaskan languages.[2]
Platero has taught the Navajo language at institutions including Swarthmore College and the Navajo Language Academy,[3] and has also participated in language revitalization efforts to promote the use of Navajo among Navajo youth.[4]
Selected works[]
- 2000 The Athabaskan Languages [2]
References[]
- ^ Hale, Kenneth L.; Hinton, Leanne (2001). The green book of language revitalization in practice. Boston: Academic Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-12-349353-6.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Platero, Paul R.; Fernald, Theodore B. (2000). The Athabaskan languages: perspectives on a Native American language family. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511947-9.
- ^ "Swarthmore Publications/Collection Page". Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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